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Cognizant

Business Analyst with Pharma Background

Full Time · In Office · Mississauga, Ontario (Canada)

Posted Aug 11, 2026

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Serve as a senior business analyst driving digital transformation initiatives through product and data analytics in a hybrid work model focusing on requirement lifecycle management stakeholder collaboration and CX oriented delivery using agile practices and Jira to enable impactful business outcomes in research driven environments and enhance value for customers and society.

Please note, this role is not able to offer visa transfer or sponsorship now or in the future

Role

Location: Remote. Candidate must be in the U.S

Experience: 12+ Years

Salary And Other Compensation

The annual salary for this position is between $110,000/Year to $140,000/Year depending on the experience and other qualifications of the candidate.

This position is also eligible for Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program and stock awards, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant’s applicable plans.

Benefits: Cognizant offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

  • Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
  • 401(k) plan and contributions
  • Long-term/Short-term Disability
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.

Responsibilities

Job Description

Serve as the primary liaison between business stakeholders and delivery teams bringing deep Pharma Commercial domain expertise to drive successful AI and digital transformation initiatives

Lead requirements elicitation analysis and prioritization to ensure business needs are clearly defined documented and translated into actionable user stories

Own backlog grooming and readiness ensuring requirements are refined prioritized and aligned with business objectives before entering development cycles

Collaborate with product owners architects and delivery teams to define agent use cases business processes decision flows and success criteria

Facilitate stakeholder workshops requirement reviews and alignment sessions to achieve consensus across business technology and operations teams

Translate complex commercial business processes including Sales Insights Reporting Customer Engagement and xKAM Planning into scalable AIenabled solutions

Define acceptance criteria support UAT activities and ensure delivered solutions meet business expectations and measurable outcomes

Drive change management user adoption and continuous feedback collection to enhance agent effectiveness and business value realization

Monitor business KPIs and user feedback to identify enhancement opportunities and support ongoing product evolution

Qualifications -

BA should have pharma commercial background. BA will be the team lead, and drive requirements gathering and do first round of testing of the agent before taking it forward with business for UAT, as the role requires a BA with strong pharma commercial domain expertise, experience leading requirements gathering, and exposure to AI Agent solutions

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Business Analyst with Pharma Background

Cognizant

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